It seems thats the way that they fill all the slabs for the Jagoe homes around this area. Somebody is doing pretty well for themselves with it, guess that's the secret get in with a big housing contractor.

Anyone have opinions on the Stone Slinger type trucks, we do a lot of concrete work (600 cu yd a month) and of course pump alot of that. slinging stone seems natural and maybe a bit cheaper than a telebelt.

One company around here had a truck ($100k) and sold it "for lack of work"

I am looking for a used truck/body, i would like advice on what to look for on the slinger bodys

Thanks

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Slingers are everywhere here. I live in a town with less than half a million in the regional district and they're everywhere. A few of the large excavation companies have at least one slinger in their fleet and one company in town operates an entire fleet of slingers. There's even a couple of independents running around - always busy. Honestly they are so useful I'm not sure why they aren't utilized more everywhere? I use them for stone and topsoil. A good operator can paint a yard with topsoil so evenly that it barely needs touching with a rake. Basically, if I can get a slinger into the site, I'll always recommend a slinger vs. me trucking and then spreading with equipment.

There is a company by us that uses a 4 x 4, all terrain indepentant self leveling wheels. Runs via remote with one guy holding the laser grade. Usually one guy filling hopper. I think more productive than the truck, but they come in with a low boy trailer, the rock shooter and small jd wheel loader. The there truck drivers come with needed amount of material and they load from there. They bought this used 3 years ago. They keep a two man crew busy with this setup, they say it cost around $350k used.